Latest Check Up News
Written by The Lassie
After one very emotionally stressful week, I went for another baby check up yesterday morning. Last week, I was told by my midwife that I’ll most likely have to have a c-section done, as I am starting to show signs of a beginning gestosis and that’s obviously potentially very dangerous for me and our little one.
I was shocked - of course I know that I should always be prepared for a c-section to happen regardless, but here I was told flat out that they would not even wait for me to go into labor, but much rather schedule a c-section ten to seven days before my actual due date. So many things started racing through my mind at that…it’s posssible I’d have to get this done under general anesthesia (as getting a PDA can be difficult at my weight), meaning I would not get to see my baby being brought into this world (and neither would the Laddie), would not be able to move around for a while, etc. Not exactly as I’d planned…I spent this past week trying to come to terms with the fact that this is just how it’s going to be and frankly had a really hard time doing just that.
Yesterday then, I was at the doc’s again - I was so stressed out, my blood pressure was through the roof - I hadn’t slept at all the night before and threw up a little while before the Laddie and I went to the practice. As always, I got checked out before I got to see the doc and was told my values unfortunately hadn’t changed. I’d also lost 1.5 kg/3.3 lbs over the course of the last week, which of course I am not complaining about. Anyway, the CTG scan showed no signs of contractions and our fella seems to be doing fine, so it does not seem like she’ll be here any time soon.
When I talked to the doctor about the c-section, he said that he would let me try to have our fella naturally, but if anything should happen - that’s if my values should get worse before or during labor - he would perform a c-section immediately. I think in my position that’s all I can hope for, so I am happy with this. Now I need to see that things don’t get worse over the next little while and hope for the best. There’s not much I can actively do to change things, but I was told to keep drinking a lot of water and rest as much as I can, so I’ll focus on that. I’ll be back at the doc’s next week Thursday, at 38+1. Our little girl is now 52 cm/20.5 in and weighs ca. 3100 grams/6.84 lbs.
